Don't talk about promotions.......
Don’t talk about promotions….. December is a month for promotions in most academies. Competition season is over for the year, and most...
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Changing teams
It’s not the first time I’ve changed gyms. As a white belt, I was in quite a different position to many others on their BJJ journey. I...
So you want to compete....?
Writing about competing is something that I’ve wanted to do for a while. It's something I feel passionate about. My coach lent me a...
Use your rank Jolie
Standing in the middle of the mats, hands on my hips, looking around at everyone partnering up together, and there’s me, on my own, no...
Depression & Jiu Jitsu
After writing about training with anxiety a couple of months ago, I came to understand that this time in my life was so difficult....
Training with Anxiety Part 2 - It's good to talk
A few weeks ago I wrote about training with anxiety and how I had been dealing with it. Three weeks in to the dis-ease, I was seriously...
Training with anxiety
Just recently I've been struggling with anxiety attacks. It's not something I've really felt before. Last year I had a mild attack before...
Suffrajitsu - Standing on their shoulders
Last month I had the honour of being asked to take jiu jitsu out of the gym and demonstrate moves for a play about the Suffragettes,...
When should we not train?
Jiu Jitsu is addictive, and that’s what keeps us on the mat. We love the feeling of living in the now and a state of no mind. But when...
Mental Health Awareness - #Istilltrained
This week was mental Health awareness day on Wednesday 10th October. So I wanted to write about how important it is for people to train...
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